Estella de Bock-Brandon

Estella Brandon was a daughter of Joseph Brandon and Klaartje Roe. She was born in Amsterdam on 1 November 1902 at Houtkopersburgwal 16, but moved with her parents and sister Margaretha to Henriette Ronnerplein 8 2^nd floor in Amsterdam-Zuid in June 1931. Her brothers Jacob and Isidore had already married in 1928 and 1929 and from then on they no longer lived “at home” but at their own address.

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Deportation periods in 1943

Apart from the "Sobibor period" (2 March to 20 July 1943), two deportation periods can be distinguished in 1943, viz. the period from 11 January to 2 February 1943, in which 9 transports left directly for Auschwitz, viz. 8 from Westerbork and 1 from Apeldoorn (for the sake of brevity to be called "Spring transports 1943"), and the period from 24 August to 16 November 1…